Friday, 31 May 2019

The sex life of Victoria and Albert

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Currently in the news, sensational accounts of the relationship between Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.  So he kept making her pregnan...
Tuesday, 28 May 2019

Vaughan Williams Symphonies 7 "Antartica" & 9 : Manze, RLPO

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Andrew Manze's  Ralph Vaughan Willims series with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra with Onyx continues with Symphony no 7 ...
Saturday, 25 May 2019

Wild Thrills for a Bank Holiday weekend

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Wednesday, 22 May 2019

Visionary Stockhausen Donnerstag : Royal Festival Hall

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Event of the Year - Karlheinz Stockhausen Donnerstag , at the Royal Festival Hall with the London Sinfonietta  (Maxime Pascal conductor) ...

Philharmonia's New Chief Conductor - Santtu Matias Rouvali

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Snttu-Mthias Rouvalli  photo :Kaapo Kamu The Philharmoniua Orchestra has just announced :  The Philharmonia Orchestra is delighted to...
Monday, 20 May 2019

Longing for Paradise : Albrecht Mayer, Strauss Oboe Concerto

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"Longing for Paradise", oboe concertos by Richard Strauss, Elgar, Ravel and Goosens with Albrecht Mayer, and Jakub Hrůša conduc...
Sunday, 19 May 2019

Second Farewell to Cambridge Xu Zhimo

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By the banks of the Cam in Cambridge, a rock dressed with Beijing marble, with an inscription that reads : " I leave as quietly as I...
Friday, 17 May 2019

Hans Werner Henze Phaedra - I was at the world premiere!

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Henze Phaedra, Berlin 2007 photo by Ruth Walz Hans Werner Henze Phaedra at the Linbury, Royal Opera House, with the Jette Parker...
Thursday, 16 May 2019

Stockhausen Cosmic Prophet at the South Bank 2019

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Pierre-Laurent Aimard playing Stockhausen Klavierst ü ck XI with Hr-synphonieorchester Frankfurt in 2016 Please read my review of...
Wednesday, 15 May 2019

The Covent Garden Night-Mare

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The Royal Opera House Season Launch for 2019-2020 : nice and safe, revivals and new works at the Linbury.  There are a few good choices,...
Monday, 13 May 2019

Time Capsule - Welsh Clog Dancing

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Discovered not long ago in the archives of the British Film Institute, Clog Dance , a documentary which is a time capsule that seems t...
Friday, 10 May 2019

Bach to the Future - Olivier Latry at the Cavaillé-Coll, Notre Dame de Paris

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"Bach to the Future" with Olivier Latry, Titulaire of the Notre Dame de Paris, on the Cavaillé-Coll organ inaugurated in 1868. ...
Wednesday, 8 May 2019

Charles Villiers Stanford Mass Via Victrix - Partington, BBC NOW

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Charles Villiers Stanford Mass Via Victrix 1914-1918 Op. 173 with Andrew Partington conducting The BBC National Orchestra of Wales, The...
Sunday, 5 May 2019

Sibelius Kullervo revitalized : Thomas Dausgaard, BBC SSO, Juntunen, Appl, Lund Chorus

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Why did Jean Sibelius suppress Kullervo  (Op7, 1892) ?  There are many theories why he didn't allow it to be heard after its initial ...
Friday, 3 May 2019

The May Fourth Movement 100 years on

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May Fourth 1919 - a key date in modern Chinese history.   Though a Republic was declared in 1911 on relatively modern and progressive l...